On Fri, Jun 18, 2004 at 11:04:36AM -0700, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > I need help, > > EIther google isn't finding the stuffs or my search terms are too > muddled. > > I just want to create a tar archive from a directory file listing. > > something like > > ls -laR ~/the/dir/to/list | tar -cvf - /tmp/tarred-dir-list.tar.gz > > I can't seem to find the correct syntax If all you want is a compressed text file with a recursive descent listing of a given directory, why bother with tar? Try this: ls -lR dir | gzip > lslR.gz -- Charles Curley /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign Looking for fine software \ / Respect for open standards and/or writing? X No HTML/RTF in email http://www.charlescurley.com / \ No M$ Word docs in email Key fingerprint = CE5C 6645 A45A 64E4 94C0 809C FFF6 4C48 4ECD DFDB
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